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California Gets Tough on Tire Offenders
State Approves $6.6 Millionto Aid Enforcement Actions
The California Integrated Waste Management Board awarded more than $6 million to cities and counties responsible for managing and regulating waste tires.
“Jurisdictions that are working hard to successfully track and manage waste tires in accordance with state laws can use a helping hand,” said Board Chair Margo Reid Brown. “The Board is committed to protecting taxpayers, as well as the environment, by making sure old tires are properly handled.”
The funds will be utilized by more than three dozen local enforcement agencies to continue efforts to identify illegal waste tire piles, inspect tire facilities and haulers, investigate complaints, examine waste tire hauler registration and documents, and train the industry on California waste tire regulations. More than 75 percent of the 42 million waste tires generated annually in the state are recycled. But the remaining tires–more than 10 million–represent an ongoing challenge for cities and counties looking to properly manage the automotive discards, in compliance with state regulations.
These monies are available through the Board’s Waste Tire Enforcement Grants Program, funded from the $1.75 fee the state collects on the sale of each new tire in California. The Board receives $1.00 of this amount. The remaining portion of the tire fee is used to fund tire-related air emission programs.
Funds from the program are awarded to local government agencies with 50 or more waste tire facilities within their jurisdictions and can be used to pay for up to $600,000 worth of tire enforcement projects annually.
The grants can be dedicated to education, equipment, maintenance, personnel, training, communications, and a variety of other expenses related to a jurisdiction’s waste tire management and surveillance programs.
Today’s approved grants:
The Board today approved 42 grants to the following jurisdictions, many of which are past recipients of funding from the state waste management office:
Recipient |
Grant Funding |
Alameda County |
$210,000 |
Butte County |
$122,723 |
Calaveras County |
$127,300 |
Contra Costa County |
$210,000 |
Fresno County |
$273,645 |
Imperial County |
$90,000 |
Kern County |
$181,193 |
Lake County |
$85,253 |
Los Angeles County |
$583,912 |
Madera County |
$72,018 |
Marin County |
$175,836 |
Mendocino County |
$92,363 |
Merced County |
$81,895 |
Monterey County |
$233,451 |
Napa County |
$89,237 |
Nevada County |
$99,782 |
Placer County |
$259,764 |
Riverside County |
$215,316 |
Sacramento County |
$364,228 |
San Joaquin County |
$227,745 |
San Luis Obispo County |
$80,643 |
San Mateo County |
$156,012 |
Santa Clara County |
$193,401 |
Solano County |
$289,981 |
Sonoma County |
$208,798 |
Stanislaus County |
$101,442 |
Tuolumne County |
$77,138 |
Yolo County |
$90,000 |
Yuba-Sutter County |
$90,000 |
City of Adelanto |
$42,549 |
City of Bakersfield |
$60,233 |
City of Berkeley |
$230,469 |
City of Fresno |
$211,708 |
City of Los Angeles |
$194,814 |
City of Madera |
$28,571 |
City of Modesto |
$69,444 |
City of National City |
$31,803 |
City of San Bernardino |
$28,802 |
City of San Diego |
$210,000 |
City of San Jose |
$304,365 |
City of Sunnyvale |
$35,877 |
City of Victorville |
$88,234 |
Total |
$6,619,945 |
The California Integrated Waste Management Board is the state’s leading authority on recycling and waste reduction. It promotes reducing waste whenever possible, managing all materials to their highest and best use and protecting public health and safety and the environment.
The California Integrated Waste Management Board is one of six boards, departments, and offices within the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA).
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